Is there any quality improvement in the randomized controlled trial abstracts in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology after the publication of the CONSORT abstract guidelines in 2008?

checklist. The mean proportions were 41.7 and 53.0% in the preand post-CONSORT period, respectively (P < 0.001, 95% CI for difference: -0.155, -0.071). Absolute points increased significantly at a rate of 11.3% over time (P < 0.001). CONSORT for abstracts aims to improve the reporting accuracy and quality of trial reports and recommends what information should be reported in the constraints when describing a RCT. The results of this article suggest that the reporting quality of RCT abstracts of KJA published in the post-CONSORT period improved, but the quality did not reach the expected level according to the recommendations for reported abstracts. The rate of fulfillment was low, at 41.7%, among pre-CONSORT Letter to the Editor Is there any quality improvement in the randomized controlled trial abstracts in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology after the publication of the CONSORT abstract guidelines in 2008? Woo Jong Shin, Yong Oh Kim, Jae Hoon Oh, Jae Soon Chung, and Kyoung Hun Kim Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Guri, Korea CC This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright c the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2015 Online access in http://ekja.org pISSN 2005-6419·eISSN 2005-7563 Korean Journal of Anesthesiology KJA Corresponding author: Woo Jong Shin, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, 153, Gyeongchun-ro, Guri 471-701, Korea Tel: 82-31-560-2390, Fax: 82-31-563-1731 E-mail: [email protected] Received: April 20, 2015. Revised: May 7, 2015. Accepted: May 13, 2015. Korean J Anesthesiol 2015 August 68(4): 420-422 http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2015.68.4.420